1186 PUBLIC EDUCATION. [ART. 77.

professors of the State normal school, if he can be present,
assisted by the county examiner, and any member of the board
of county school commissioners who may choose to attend.

1872, ch. 377.

83. The president of the board of county school commis-
sioners shall select the place of meeting.

Chapter 14. Teachers Associations.

1872, ch. 377.

84. District, county and State teachers' associations are recom-
mended as important means of elevating the standard of public
education by mutual conference, interchange of views and sug-
gestions as to systems of teaching and discipline.

Ibid.

85. It shall be the care of the county examiner to aid in the
organization of these associations, to encourage attendance, to
secure competent lecturers, and to impart such information aa
will encourage teachers in their work, and fit them for the per-
formance of their duties.

Ibid.

86. These associations may occupy any of the school houses.

Chapter 15. District Libraries.

1872, ch. 377.

87. For the further encouragement of education, district
libraries ought to be established in each school-house district,
under the care of the teacher, as librarian. For this purpose
the sum of ten dollars per annum is ordered to be paid by the
board of county school commissioners out of the State school
fund, to any school-house district as library money, as long as the
people of the district raise the same amount annually. The
books must be selected by the board of district school trustees.

Chapter 10. The City of Baltimore.

1872, ch. 877. 1884, ch. 2.

88. The mayor and city council of Baltimore shall have full
power and authority to establish in said city a system of free